Game data
Metacritic 94- Released
- 1996-12-31
- User rating
- 4.40 / 5
- Genres
- Action, RPG
- Platforms
- PC, macOS, PlayStation
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Key facts
- Developer
- Blizzard North
- Publisher
- Blizzard Entertainment
- Producer
- Bill Roper
- Designers
- Erich Schaefer David Brevik
- Programmer
- David Brevik
- Artists
- Erich Schaefer Samwise Didier
- Writers
- Erich Schaefer Eric Sexton Chris Metzen Bill Roper
Article
Diablo is a 1997 action role-playing game developed by Blizzard North and published by Blizzard Entertainment for Windows. It is the first installment in the video game series of the same name.
Set in the fictional Kingdom of Khanduras in the mortal realm, the player controls a lone hero battling to rid the world of Diablo, the Lord of Terror. Beneath the town of Tristram, the player journeys through sixteen randomly generated dungeon levels, ultimately entering Hell in order to face Diablo.
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1997 video gamesAction role-playing video gamesBlizzard gamesCancelled Nintendo 64 gamesCancelled Sega Saturn gamesClassic Mac OS gamesClimax Group gamesCooperative video gamesDark fantasy role-playing video gamesDiablo (series) video gamesHack and slash role-playing gamesMultiplayer and single-player video games